[FM Discuss] forums (yeeech)

[John Curwood]

On 15/02/2011, at 4:21 PM, Janet Swisher wrote:

> Forum software that works well for Q&A doesn't work so well for
> general discussion, and vice versa. For Q&A, it's good to be able to
> "bubble up" the best answer, so later readers won't have to dig for
> it. For general discussion, it's preferable to maintain the thread
> ordering of posts.
>
> So, first we need to decide what the purpose of the forum is. Is it
> tech support, or more general discussion and community building?

That's a good point, personally I was only thinking of Q&A, but  
having something that is community building is equally important.  
Which type of forum is the most important for Booki at this stage?

Cheers,

John

>
> Regarding features, I would like to have an RSS feed.
>
> --Janet
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:31 PM, John Curwood
> <marketing at lovinglearning.co.nz> wrote:
>> Hi Adam,
>>
>> After looking through the list, the one I liked best was Askbot
>> (http://askbot.org/en/questions/)
>> The way it was being used, just seemed simpler than some of the  
>> others and
>> very easy to use for those needing answers to questions.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15/02/2011, at 5:13 AM, adam wrote:
>>
>>> since booki is django i thought we could use one of their forums.  
>>> That
>>> means no extra account creation...Here is a site that compares  
>>> them...
>>> http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/ForumAppsComparison
>>>
>>> any that stand out?
>>>
>>>
>>> adam
>>>
>>>
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